The Collation
Research and Exploration at the Folger
The Collation is a gathering of useful information and observations from Folger staff and researchers. Read more about this blog
The Mirror and The Light in the Folger collection
Ahead of the US premiere of The Mirror and the Light, curator Heather Wolfe shares the juicy stories behind items in our collection related to Cromwell and Anne of Cleves.
Or else I’m a Jew | a series of abstractions
Artistic fellow Casey Carsel shares their process designing textile works in response to questions about the Early Modern Jewish experience
Discovering Paolo Bozi’s Rappresentatione Del Giudicio Vniuersale
Folger Fellow Ianick Takaes explores an early modern staging of heaven and hell.
The Curious Papers of the Curious Dr. Stukeley
A look at items in the Folger collection belonging to William Stukeley, an antiquarian with an interest in Robin Hood
Seeking and Finding: Using the Collection in an Undergraduate Writing Class
GWU students reflect on their experience using the Folger collections in Dr. Rachel Pollack’s first-year writing course.
Unsexing St. Agatha
To celebrate her feast day, explore the legend of Saint Agatha as told through Folger manuscript V.b.334
Race B4 Race 2024 Seminar 4: What We’re Reading and Why
Sweet Blood: A Play in Progress
Artistic Fellow Camille Thomas shares how research at the Folger helps inform her play, Sweet Blood.
A Collection-Inspired Zine
I made a zine inspired by the Folger Shakespeare Library’s collection (and you can too!).
Race B4 Race 2024 Seminar 3: What We’re Reading and Why
In a continuation of a series, a member of the RaceB4Race Mentorship Network discusses what they’re reading and thinking about in their monthly Reading Group.
Even them?! Loving the neighbour in Shakespeare and early modern England
Fellow Roberta Kwan discusses Shakespeare and loving thy neighbor
Anthony Trollope reads Christopher Marlowe
Explore the (often biting) commentary that Victorian novelist Antony Trollope left in a copy of Marlowe’s plays.